Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23102, John Giles, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Giles, John Mary
W 23102
CONTENTS

17.142p Maine, R
John Giles.
of Hancock Co in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Mass line, for the term of 2yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine, at the rate of 8, Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of May 1820 and sent to R.C. Dorr. Esq.
Augusta, Maine,
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1820 — 181.56
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1/1/21 48.—
22 mo 14/30 1/31 B 229.56
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Let to Hm. N. Clifford Dec 4. 1839—do. to same Jan. 23. 1840.
Information Arch December 20. 1820 to 20. Note, Augusta, Maine

Let to Mr. N. Clifford Dec 4. 1839 - do. to same Jan. 23. 1840.
Notification sent December 20. 1820 to P. C. Vose, Augusta, Maine

Set to N. H. Appleton June 23
Duplicate Certificate issued Sent July 23, 1849 to Nathan D. Appleton Alfred Maine
44411
Name
Mary Giles widow of John Giles who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1849 and sent to
N. D. Alfred Appleton Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 12 Vol. 1

No 9198. Mary Giles M rs . Oct 7 th July 38
adm d 2 yrs pri 80
7899
Joseph Loper Portland Me

I Gilman Giles of Waterborough in the state of Maine and County of York do on my oath depose and say that I am the son of John Giles and his wife Mary, that I was born, as I was always told by my father and mother the said John Giles and Mary Giles, on the tenth day of January seventeen hundred and eighty five, and that my age as I have always reckoned it is fifty eight years on the tenth day of January last, that my father and mother, always since my first recollection to the death of my father on the twenty ninth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty six, lived together in the town of Waterborough and cohabited together as husband and wife and that besides myself there were four children born to them of their reputed marriage, of whom I am the oldest and all of whom are reputed to be legitimate children. I also depose and say that I have heard my father and mother say, that they were published in the town of Sanford before the incorporation of the town of Sanford Waterborough, and that they were married by the Rev. Paletiahingley who at the time of their marriage resided in Waterborough, and that since the death of my father at the time above stated, my mother has remained a widow and unmarried, to the present time. — Gilman Giles
State of Maine
York ss. On this twentieth day of June eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared the above named deponent turn over

before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace within and for the County of York aforesaid, and being by me carefully examined and cautioned and sworn in due form of law to testify the truth and the nothing but the truth relating to the marriage of John Giles to Mary Giles, he maketh oath to the deposition above written and subscribed the same in my presence, the said deposition being first reduced to writing by Henry H. Smith, taken at the request of Mary Giles to be used in proving her marriage to John Giles in order to obtain a pension as his widow, and I certify that the deponent is a credible witness. ————— Arch d . Smith Justice Peace
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Branton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the said county of York, do hereby certify that Archibald Smith is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of June, 1841 and will expire on the 25 th day of June 1848, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the supreme Judicial Court of said State, this twentieth day of June, 1843.
William Branton, Clerk.

State of Maine
York ss. On this nineteenth day of June eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me Daniel Goodenow Esquire Justice of the District Court for the Western District of the State of Maine, Mary Giles a resident of Lyman in the county of York and State of Maine aged eighty two years, who, at her residence in said Lyman, being through weakness and bodily infirmity unable to appear in open court, being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July the seventh eighteen hundred and thirty eight, entitled An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of John Giles who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Service, the corps to which he belonged, station, or term of service she can not with certainty state, but for these facts would refer to his declaration, and the proof thereof, now on file in the pension office in Washington, made at the time of his application for the pension which he received during his life, until his death, which pension she declares amounted to the sum of ninety six dollars per. annum, under act of March 18 th 1818. She further declares that she was married to the said John Giles, in October seventeen hundred and eighty four, but the day of the month through failure of memory she is unable to state, that at the time of her marriage to the said John Giles, and ever afterwards until his death, they resided in the town of Waterborough, formerly called Massabesick, that her husband the aforesaid John Giles died on the twenty ninth day of December eighteen hundred and twenty six, since which time she has ever remained unmarried, and the widow of the said John Giles. That she was not married to the said John Giles previous to his being in the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, (viz) at the time above stated, She further declares as the reason why she has not before applied for the benefit of the above provision, that having made search in the proper place for the recording of her marriage and finding no record thereof existing, she was not until recently made acquainted with the fact, that any other evidence could in any case be admitted, and therefore thought herself entirely precluded. turn over.

from its benefits she also declares she was married by the Reverend Mr. - Tingley a free will baptist minister who resided at that time in said Waterborough
Witness Daniel Goodenow Henry H. Smith
Mary the Giles Mark
On this nineteenth day June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three The said Mary Giles subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above declaration, at her residence in said Lyman, she being unable through age and bodily infirmity to attend Court - Daniel Goodenow.
Jur. Dist. Court Western Dist. in the State of Maine.
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Brafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within (and for said county of York), do hereby certify, that Daniel Goodenow is the Justice of the District Court for the Western District in said State, duly commis- sioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the eleventh day of December, 1841 and will expire on the eleventh day of December, 1848, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand (and the seal of the District Court, Western District, for said State, this twentieth day of June, 1843.
William Brafton, Clerk.
86198

Lab. State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Twenty first day of July , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Junior a Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas  Supreme Judicial for said state for the Counties of  State of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset , being a Court of Record for said Counties  State , proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Giles aged seventyone years, resident in Waterborough in the County of York within said State  State , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Hastings then Lincoln and Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson then Brooks of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years
that his original declaration was made before Judge Crosby on the fourteenth day of April 1818, that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 17142 . And I, the said John Giles do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Giles
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:  Real estate none → I have no personal estate except my bed and clothing → My family consists of myself, and my wife Mary aged sixty five of feeble health, and subject to the sick head ache, we both live with our daughter Betsey → I have no income derived from any property except my pension from Government → I owe upwards of fifty dollars, over and above what I have due me → my trade is that of a cooper, but from age and infirmity being a cripple in both my knees, by reason of Rheumatic complaints, I am able to do but little labor, - not more than one fourth part of the time am not able to labor →
John Giles
Subscribed Sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule on the twenty first day of July 1820
Before me Nathan Weston Jun. Just. S. J. Court

State of Maine
York ss:
I Jeremiah Bradbury, clerk of all the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, and that the original was exhibited in open Court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing. —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. —
Jere. Bradbury } Clerk of the Court for the County of York. —

John Giles
17. 142
Con Sep 20
R.C. Fow, agent.

Key  WIDOW, &c.  See
File No. 23102
Mary Giles widow of John Giles Rev. Rev. wa
Act Feb. 2d 1848.
Index: Vol A , Page 274
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine 7879-
Mary Giles
widow of John Giles -
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 29 Dec r 1826 - of York Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by Col: Jackson in the Majesty _____ line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 - Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of November 1843 - and sent to Joseph Pase, Portland, Maine
Total amount, $1400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Wellington Clerk, Book D - Vol. 1 - Page 7

Reho 28 Nov 47

4740 Maine
Letter to Pension Agent. 13. Oct 1847.
Mary Giles widow of John Giles who was a private in the Massachusetts line
Rep Jan 29. 1844
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of January 1844 and sent to A. N. Smith
Alfred Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 250

V No 9198.
Mary Giles Maine
Suspended
Set to J. Pote Sept 8. 1843 ✓
Act July 7 th 1838

18. Sept. 1843.
SEPT. 15.
Add evidence
Care Mary Gile
Maine
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
free Henry H. Smith Fredericktown Maine

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I have received information from the Pension depart- ment that the case of Mary Giles is not suf- ficiently established in relation to the absence of all second proof I here inclose the certificate of Mary Giles as to that fact This is all that I know of that can be obtained upon that point The depositions of her children ought be taken to the same point but would go only to confirm that of the mother. I have from the beginning used all possible diligence to procure satis- factory proof, and have submitted the best as the nature of things will admit and hope that the department will be enabled on the receipt of this grant her a certificate. If any thing further is required please to in- form me immediately as I am about to leave the State and delay might occasion great inconvenience to Mrs Giles. Hers is a case of absolute necessity, all dispatch that the nature of the business will admit of ought in justice to be used.
Respectfully Yours Henry H. Smith
Hon. J. L. Edmond

Portland July 1. 1843-
J. L. Edwards Esq. } Commr. of Pensions }
Sir
I forward herewith the application of Mrs Mary Giles for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. The reason for not making an earlier application which she gives I doubt not will be satisfactory, She was married by an itinerant baptist minister, in what was then a new township, and no record of her marriage can be found - The evidence produced that she and her husband have ever lived together as husband & wife & had a family of children, and having always been considered & acknowledged as a lawfully connected family is sufficient one would think to establish the fact that they were married.
I am Sir Yours very respectfully Joseph Pope

Pittsfield, Me., Oct. 30. 1843 -
J. L. Edwards Esq., Court of Pensions - }
Sir,
In the case of Mrs Mary Giles whose application for a pension I forwarded, I recd your letter sometime since in which you stated that your Department were not sufficiently satisfied as to her marriage, and requires private record proof to be produced if no other record could be found. I requested a Mr Smith who lives in the neighborhood of the old lady, to search for and obtain if possible any family records in her possession or the possession of any of her relatives. I have since seen him, and he told me he had made every possible enquiry & search, but in vain; that no town, parish, church or family record of her marriage was to be found. And that he had forwarded to your Department a deposition, or depositions

proving that there was no such record in existence. — I hope that under these circumstances, her case will be recon- sidered, and the strong circumstantial evidence of her marriage, which was forwarded with her application, be ad- mitted, as it is the only proof which can possibly be produced at this time.
If on further consideration you see fit to admit her claim, please forward to me a certificate in her behalf.
I am, Sir,
Yours most respectfully Joseph P. Spe.

Mary Gile's proof & application for a pension Act July 7. 1838.

State of Maine, } York County. } ss.
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, within and for said county of York, do hereby certify that Archibald Smith is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of June, 1841, and will expire on the 25 th day of June 1848, and that his signatures within written are genuine.
Given under my hand (and) the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, this twentieth day of June, 1843.
William Trafton, Clerk.

I Thomas Smith of Waterborough in the County of York aged seventy seven years do on my oath depose and say that John Giles was said to have been married to his wife Mary Giles whose name before her marriage to the said John Giles was Mary Stearns about the year seventeen hundred and eighty four. That I was acquainted with the said John and that the said Mary resided in my father's family about the time of their marriage, that after the time they were said to have been married they always lived together as husband and wife, that children were born to them of this reputed marriage and that they were always reputed to have been legally married and their said children are reputed to be legitimate children. That the said John visited the said Mary at my father's house, and there the engagement to marry took place, that they she left my father's a short time before they were married and I was not present at the marriage, though I have always known them as husband and wife. Thomas X Smith mark By Henry H. Smith witness Arch d Smith Henry H. Smith
State of Maine
York ss. On this nineteenth day of June eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared the above named deponent, before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace within and for the said county of York, and being by me fully carefully examined and cautioned, and sworn in due form of law to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth, relating to the marriage of John Giles to Mary Giles, he maketh oath to the deposition above written, and subscribes the same in my presence, the said deposition being first reduced to writing by Henry H. Smith. Taken at the request of Mary Giles to be used in proving her marriage to John Giles in order to obtain a pension as his widow. Sworn and rewritten before signing - I further certify that the deponent is a credible witness. Arch d Smith Justice Peace

I Jacob Smith of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine aged seventy four years do on my oath depose and say that I was always from my childhood acquainted with John Giles and his wife Mary Giles, that the said Mary lived at my father's (Thomas Smith) of Mapabesick now called Waterborough for several years before she was married to the said John Giles, that the said John visited the said Mary while she lived at my father's and that there the engagement of marriage took place that the said John and Mary were married at my father's but that I did not see them married, as I recollect, though I do know that they were married as well as I can know any thing that I did not see, that the marriage took place in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, about the year month of October, that they always lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed by all who knew them to have been legally married, that several children were born to them of this reputed marriage and that said children are considered by all who know them to be legitimate children, I do also depose and say that that the said John Giles and his wife Mary always lived in the same neighborhood with myself after their said marriage, until the death of the said John in December eighteen hundred and twenty six and that he was a resident in the same town (viz) Waterborough, and that said Mary Giles still remains unmarried, and the widow of the said John Giles.
Witnesses. Arch H. Smith. Henry H. Smith.
Jacob his X Smith mark By Henry H. Smith
State of Maine
York ss. On this nineteenth day of June eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared the above named subscriber and deponent, before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace within and for the said County of York and being by me carefully examined and cautioned and sworn in due form of law to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth relating to the marriage of John Giles to Mary Giles, he maketh oath to the deposition above written and subscribed the same in my presence, the said deposition being first reduced to writing by Henry H. Smith. Taken at the request of Mary Giles to be used in proving her marriage to John Giles in order to obtain a pension as his widow. Erased and rewritten before signing - I further certify that the deponent is a credible witness.
Arch H. Smith Justice Peace

I Samuel Dripp of Sanford in the County of York do on my oath depose and say that I am the Clerk of the Town of Sanford chosen according to law at a legal meeting of said town on the first Monday of April eighteen hundred and forty three. that the records of said town are legally in my possession and that according to law the proper place for recording of deaths births and marriages occurring in said town is upon said records. and that at the request of Mary Mary Giles by her Atty. Henry H. Smith I have carefully examined said records to find the record of her marriage to John Giles which she says took place in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four. but can not find up on them any such record either of the birth or marriage.
Samuel Dripp Town Clerk of Sanford
York ss. June 19. 1843. Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Dripp and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me. John Sheele, Justice of the Peace June nineteenth eighteen hundred & forty three.

State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within (and) for the said county of York, do hereby certify, that John Steele is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the thirteenth day of March 1838 and will expire the thirteenth day of March 1845, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand (and) the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this twentieth day of June, 1843.
William Trafton, Clerk.

Alfred M. July 10
Hon. J.
for 4441 Me. 1 Coale of Paines 14 Jan 9 for Displace Ordeal rate. Washington D.C.

I Nathan D. Appleton of Alfred, County of York & State of Maine hereby depose and say, that I have not received the pension certificate of Mrs. Mary Giles of Lyman in said County, which I understand was issued on the 20th of March last. — That the declaration of Mrs. Giles was forwarded to the pension Department at the same time with the declaration of Mrs. Betsey Leavitt. — That the certificate of Mrs. Leavitt was duly received by me from the Department, but the certificate of the former has not been received, nor did I know that it had been issued till informed of the fact by a communication of J. L. Edwards, dated the 25th of June last. I make this affidavit in order that a duplicate certificate may be issued, as suggested by Mr. Edwards in his aforesaid communication.
Nathan D. Appleton
State of Maine —
York ss. — Personally appeared the above named Nathan D. Appleton and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit, —
July 9th 1849
Before me — Abner Mitchell justice of the Peace

Albany July 9, 1849
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose the affidavit you requested by your letter of the 25 th ult o in order to procure a duplicate certificate for Mrs. Giki' Simison.
Yours respectfully,
N. D. Appleton

I Mary Giles of Lyman in the County of York and State of Maine, do on my oath depose and say, that of my marriage with my late husband John Giles no record was ever made in my family bible or any other book, nor did any kind of record of my marriage, or of the birth of any of my children, ever exist either in my family or with any other person within my knowl- edge, either in any book or frame, and I also depose and say, that I have made dil- igent inquiry among all of my relatives as to the existence of any manner of record or proof of any kind, which might go to substantiate the fact of my mar- riage with my said husband John Giles but can find no manner of record of it in any place, and I further depose and say that I have submitted to the department of pensions all the evidence of my said Marriage that is in my power to obtain.
her Mary X Giles mark Attest Henry H. Smith John Steele

State of Maine.
York ss.
September 15. th 1843.
Then personally appeared, before me, Mary Giles and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed. Said affidavit to be used in proving her marriage with John Giles.
John Sheele, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Trapton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said county, do hereby certify that John Sheele is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the thirteenth day of March 1838, and will expire on the 13 th day of March 1845, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this fifteenth day of September, 1843.
William Trapton, Clerk.

State of Maine, York ss.
On this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me, Daniel Goodenow, Esquire a Justice of the District Court for the Western District of said State, the same being a Court of Record; Mary Giles a resident of Lyman in said County of York aged eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Giles who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and served as stated in her former declaration, by which she was placed on the pension list in 1848, and was entitled to receive and did receive a pension of eighty dollars annually, - which former declaration and the proofs accompanying the same are hereby referred to, in support of her present claim. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness Daniel Goodenow
Mary X Giles
Catherine P Goodenow
Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Before me Daniel Goodenow J.D.C. W.D.

I hereby certify that the within named Mary Giles is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in her within declaration.
August, Oct. 31. 1848—
Daniel Goodenow Justice of the District Court for the Western District Composed of York, Cumberland, Oxford and Franklin Counties in said State of Maine.
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that Daniel Goodenow is the acting Justice for the District Court, for the Western District, composed of the counties of York, Cumberland, Oxford, and Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated the eleventh day of December A.D. 1841, and will expire on the eleventh day of December A.D. 1848, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this sixth day of November A.D. 1848.
William Trafton, Clerk.

Italy
Oct 11 1847
Mr Evans
PAID
Dear Comrade Esq Commission of Pensins Washington D.C.

Putnam Octob 7, 1897.
Sir, I herewith enclose you the application of Mary Giles claiming one year and one half of our your pension (or 18 months) which if correct will thank you to give the directions for payment
Respectfully Yours J. S. Kelley
J. S. Rameau Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Alfred Nov 11 th 1845
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
Having received information from the Department of Pensions, that the case of Mary Giles was not sufficiently made out, I on or about the 8 th of Sept. forwarded by Mail, a deposition of said Mary Giles directed to yourself in your official capacity, which deposition was dated about that time. Not having heard from the case since I somewhat feared that that deposition might not have been received, and wish to inquire as to that fact in order that I may immediately forward another if that has not been received. Please to inform me without delay
Your Ob t Serv t
H. H. Smith

Alford Me Nov 11
J. L. Edwards Esq. Conniip
the Heff Bef

Alfred Nov. 9. 1848.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions.
Sir,
Herewith I enclose the declarations of Mrs Mary Giles and Betsey Leavitt, made in order to obtain their pensions under the act of Congress of February last. When examined, if all correct, you will please forward to me the proper certificates.
Respectfully yours,
Nathan D. Appleton
3

Rev. J. S. Edwards
Alfred 15 th Jan. 1844
The inclosed declaration of Mary Giles under the Act of Congress March 1843 will I suppose be accepted without further trouble You will therefore please to direct her certificate to me when granted.
Your Ob t Serv t .
Henry H. Smith

Alfred, Maine, June 18, 1849.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir,
In November last I enclosed to you the declaration of Mary Giles of Lyman in this County (York) claiming the renewal of her pension under the act of Congress of 1840. and requested that her certificate when allowed should be forwarded to me. Since that time I have heard nothing in relation to it. Will you do me the the favor to inform me what has been done in relation to this matter, and whether it has been acted upon. At the same time I sent the above declaration of Mrs Giles, I also sent the declaration of Mrs Betsey Leavitt claiming a pension. The certificate of Mrs Leavitt was received some months since.
Very respectfully yours,
Nathaniel D. Appleton

STATE OF MAINE.
York — County.
On this Fifteenth day of January 1844 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County — Mary Giles —
a resident of Lyman in the County of York — aged Eighty Three years—who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress pas- sed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of John Giles — who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and was a pensioner under the Act of March 18. 1818. — She also declares that she has received a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
she further declares that she is still a widow. — her
Witness — N. D. Appleton H. H. Smith
Mary X Giles mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. and
Before me; and I further certify that the said Mary Giles is person- ally known to me to be the identical person she has above declared herself to be. —
Nathan Dane Appleton
Jus. of the Peace
NOTE—After “who was a” insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Maine } ss. York County }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said county of York, do hereby certify, that Nathan Dane Appleton is an acting Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twenty fifth day of June, 1841, and will expire on the twenty fifth day of June 1848, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this fifteenth day of January, 1844.
William Drafton, Clerk.

John Giles, private Col. Jackson Regt. & Col. Brooks. Mass. Reg. May 1782. to Oct. 1783 - 2 years
April 17. 1818
odd 4 h 2000 pay. 149.39 803 - 23.54 2nd. p. 156. 40524 - 35.70 Final settlement.
Adon Gys
Adon Laidell, dep. & Simon Riker dep.
Dec 10. 1819
R. C. Vose August me.
John Giles Private Col. Jackson's Regt Massachusetts Line 1782-2 years dec. 17 th April 1818
to 4 h fe 39 803 - $23.54 - 40524. 35.70
14 April 1818
Proof Adon Laidell, Simon Riker
The deposition of him credible & disinterested witness, only to be taken as authentic evidence (on the certification of an officer of the Regt.) only to be to prove the service of Applicant and, is required.
Robt. C. Vose. August (same)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
ON the fourteenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared John Gily who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said John Gily did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed by Mason Shaw Esquire, Clerk of said Court for said County of Hancock.
William Brooks Judge

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We the subscribers Selectmen and overseers of the poor of the town of Lawrence in the county of H. Hampshire and District of Maine do hereby certify that John Giles of this place is poor and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support and in our opinion is well entitled to the county provided by law for the necessitous survivors of the Army and Navy of the late revolutionary war.
Isaac Prescott { Selectmen Lewis Clarke of the Harry Hazen town of Lawrence

John Giles of Kennebec in the county of Kennebec and District of Maine on oath say and declare that same time in May 1702 I enlisted into the service of the United States in the late revolutionary war as a private soldier for the term of three years since same time the next fall was embodied at Westpoint in Capt. John Perkins's Com't in the 9th Reg't Mass Line commanded by Col. Henry Jackson since in the same fall was transferred into a com't in the 7th Reg't same line same Capt. and Col. since served in the same com't till the fall of 1703 when I was sick and placed in the Hospital at Westpoint on constitution Clause the Francis about six weeks. Then joined my company but being an invalid I was discharged in Feb y 1703 at Westpoint
Hence lost my discharge. am now poor and stand in need of a sister from my country for my support.
John Giles

I Simson Ricker of Lincoln County Maine do hereby certify and upon oath declare that I well know John Giles a Continental Soldier in the War of the Revolution to My Knowledge he served in Capt. Lincoln's Company and Col. Brooks Massachusetts Regt. it being the 7 th Regt. of the Massachusetts line from the summer 1782 to October 1783 a period of more than one year in continuation when he was discharged at  Castleton Island near Westport by reason of his ill health the said Giles enlisted in to Col. Jackson's Mass. Regt. and was transferred into and served in Col. Brooks Mass. Regt. as I have before stated. Simson Ricker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lincoln ss. December 6 th - 1819 Personally appeared - said Simson Ricker well known to me as a credible Witness and he made - Oath to the truth of the above dep n by - him Subscribed the same being first read to him -
Before me } Justice of the Peace & Justice of the Quorum Ezekiel Thompson
Ezekiel Thompson Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Lincoln, and of the quorum. Nathan Weston Secy. C.C.C. Pres.

I Alfa Larsal of lawful age do Testify and Say
That I did know John Giles in the Continental Service at Fairplains - his - point in the State of New York in August in the year 1782 and saw him (he did not belong to the same Regt. that I did) but I frequently saw him in the Service and at divers places and recollect in particular of seeing him at New Windsor - huts in the year 1783 in June when the Breeding war was over Discharged and do not recollect of seeing him after-wards for I marched from New Windsor on to the Southward
Kennebec SS July 6 th 1819
Alfa Larsal
I certify the above named Alfa Larsal is a credible & disinter- -ested witness and made oath to the above Deposition by him Subscribed before me D r Daniel Whitmore Justice of the peace
Daniel Whitmore Esq is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec.
Nathan Weston Wm C. East C.C.C. Plnt -